Edwin



E. C. JONES.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6.191s.

1,3]. 0,084. Patented July 15, 1919.

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. EDWIN C. JONES, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 6, 1918. Serial No. 232,836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN C. JoNEs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

he principal objects of the invention are, to devise a novel form of garment supporter which will effectively secure the hose and will also hold the under garments in place and allow perfect freedom of movement without damage to the garment.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel arrangement of a hose supporting band encirclingthe leg below the co and supporter straps pivotally connected to said leg band and connected at their upper ends to the corset.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a skeleton perspective View showing the application of this invention when used in conjunction with short length hose. 9 V

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail illustrating the application of the invention when used with long length hose.

mediate connecting buckle;

With the present forms of hose supporters used in ladies wear the supporters are stretched between the hose and the corset in such a manner that there is a continual strain upon the hose both in maintaining it properly in position and in holding down the upper garment. The result is that the.

hosiery is very quickly destroyed. :An element having to do largely with the destruction of the hose is that in the movement of the body particularly in the changing of position from standing erect to sitting down the connections both'to the hose and to the garment are caused to swing to diflerent positions and this is a very detrimental condition which it is extremely desirable to overcome.

According to the present invention the supporter consists of the leg band 1 which encircles the leg immediately below the knee and is provided with the buckles 2 and 3 arranged on the outer and inner sides respectively. The buckles 2 and 3 constructed so that in the event of a short -member 7 is inserted F1g. 3 is a perspective detail of the interare specially stocking being worn the pendant fastening members 4 are secured to the buckles 2 and 3 and engage and hold the upper edge of the stocking at both inner and outer sides.

The buckles 2 and 3 are each formed with a pair of projecting lugs 5 having laterally turned outer ends and the upper members 6 of the fastening members 4 are formed with holes through which said lugs extend and form a pivotal connection.

In the event of long hose being used, which. of course is the predominant form, the stocking is stretched over the leg band and stretches around the lugs 5. A -keeper over the lugs 5 and turned to a locking position as illustrated in Fig. 2 to firmly secure the stocking to the leg band.

The keeper 7 is provided with a pair of putwardly projecting lugs 8 and over these ugs, is formed with a circular hole 10 the edge of which rotates upon the lugs 8. A recess 11 is formed at one side of the hole 10. If desirable theleg band may be placed over the stocking and when so used the keeper 7 is dispensed with and the member 9 is pivoted directly upon the lugs 5 as illustrated in Fig. 1. The members 9 are each secured upon the end of an elastic strap, the inner strap 12 being connected to the buckle on the inner side and having at its upper enda member 13 corresponding with the member 9 which is connected to the bottom edge of the corset.

The outer strap 14 is provided with a member 15 at its upper end similar to the member 9 which is pivotally connected to the lower edge of the corset, suitable. lug fasteners 16 being provided upon the corset similar to the lugs 5 on the buckle members 2 and 3. The outer strap 14' is provided with a buckle 17 which is adjustably arranged intermediate of its length. This buckle is formed of a flat sheet having a circular hole 18 in the center thereof, which hole is provided with a recess 19 at one side. To this buckle is connected the member 20 which is formed with a pair of lugs 21 which rotatably engage the hole 18 being inserted in place through the recess 19 but normally held from disengagement.

The member 20 is secured to an elastic strap 22 which extends outwardly from the buckle l7 and at its other end is provided Patented July 15, 1919.

is placed the member 9 which member in movement without binding as all connections are of a pivotal nature and swing freely but principally the pivotal connection of the long straps to the leg band allow of great freedom of action, the members pivoting upon the lugs 5 or 8 as the case may be as the knee bends either in walking or in bending movements.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A hose supporter, comprising, a leg band adapted to encircle the leg below the knee, a rigid pivot extending from said band and a strap of elastic material pivotally connected to said rigid pivot and adapted to be secured to the corset.

2. A hose' supporter, comprising, a leg band adapted to be secured to the leg below the knee, buckles secured to said'leg band on either side and having projecting pivot supports, side straps of flexible fabric having members secured to the lower ends adapted to pivotally engage the pivot. portions of said buckles and pivotal connections secured to the upper ends of said straps and pivotally connected to the corset.

3. A hose supporter, comprising, a leg band encircling the leg below the knee, a pair of buckles secured upon said leg band and each having projecting pivot members, members pivotally supported upon said pivotal supporting members, straps secured to said members and extending outwardly and having buckle members at the upper ends adapted to be connected to the corset, a buckle arranged intermediately, of the length of one of. said straps, and a supplementary strap pivotally connected to said intermediate buckle and extending laterally therefrom and pivotally connected to the corset.

4. In a garment supporter, the combination with the corset having a pluralityof pivot members arranged around the bottom edge, of straps having buckle members plV- otally secured to said pivot members and extending downwardly, a leg band encircling the leg below the knee, buckle members secured to said leg band and having pro ecting pivotal members and buckles secured upon the lower ends of said strap and rotatably engaging the pivot members on said buckles.

EDWIN C. JONES. 

